Excited to share our work on the structure and function of cytoplasmic lattices within mouse embryos. A collaborative effort with @niakanlab.bsky.social and work led by @kashishsingh.bsky.social and @inaharasimov.bsky.social . It is now out on BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

And Zoë from our lab defended her PhD! 🎉 She’s been uncovering microtubule organization and mitotic spindle assembly using a little pet she created: the spider kinesin 🕷️ What, you’ve never heard of it? Stay tuned for what’s coming next! Congratulations Zoë!!! 👏🎓

Big thanks to Iva Tolić‬ @ivatolic.bsky.social and Nenad Pavin for once again organizing such a fantastic conference with inspiring science and great discussions in beautiful Croatia. #SpindleCroatia2026

Excellent talk by our @unidue-zmb.bsky.social colleague Pinki Galhot from @hemmo-lab.bsky.social @imprs-lm.bsky.social 👏 #MK2026 @gbmev.bsky.social

The 2026 Otto Warburg Medal winner Maya Schuldiner received the medal from @volkerhaucke-lab.bsky.social after a moving laudatio by Christian Ungermann Thanks to @elsevierconnect.bsky.social for the continuous support!

Big congrats to our SFB alumna @vcmentowski.bsky.social on receiving the Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award! Her work (previously also conducted in @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social's lab) reveals how CENP-E orchestrates kinetochore corona assembly and links it to mitotic checkpoint signaling. 🎉

Congratulations @vcmentowski.bsky.social! Well-deserved award for an excellent PhD work performed in the @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social lab. @imprs-lm.bsky.social @crc1430.bsky.social

Honored to receive the Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award of the @gbmev.bsky.social at this year’s Mosbach Symposium an inspiring meeting with great science and discussions. Very grateful to my PhD supervisor @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social for his excellent mentorship and support throughout the journey.

Our paper is now out in Nature: “Ancient co-option of LTR retrotransposons as yeast centromeres” www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short thread on how retrotransposons helped give rise to yeast point centromeres. 1/14

Excited to share our new paper! 🎉 The BUB1 and BUBR1 paralogs scaffold the kinetochore fibrous corona www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Very thankful to @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social for his mentorship and support over the years.

Very happy to see our contribution to a better understanding of Hsp70/90 #chaperones online! Congrats and a big thank you to all co-authors, collaborators and reviewers! #proteostasis @poepsel-lab.bsky.social @crc1430.bsky.social @unidue-zmb.bsky.social

Join us from Sept 22-25, 2025, to hear from: @marstonlab.bsky.social Anna Akhmanova @annestraube.bsky.social @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social Christopher Campbell @renemedema.bsky.social @mcclellandlab.bsky.social

Last chance to register for the 3rd DivIDE conference in sunny Barcelona @crg.eu! 🚨With 20+ selected talks and travel grants for three outstanding junior scientists a great opportunity for young researchers! 🔗 Learn more & register: www.divide-conference.com 📅 Registration Deadline: July 13, 2025

🚀 Registration is officially OPEN! 🚀 Join us for the 3rd DivIDE Conference from 22–25 September 2025 in sunny Barcelona ☀️. An inspiring line-up of speakers awaits — reserve your spot and help spread the word! Follow the link for early bird registration: forms.creacongresos.com/DivIDE/

🚀 Ready for inspiring talks, sunshine, and great company in Barcelona from 22–25 September 2025? Don’t miss your chance to be part of it! Sign up here: forms.creacongresos.com/DivIDE/

Curious about how cells divide? 🚨Join us in Barcelona for the 3rd DivIDE Conference!🚨

We are delighted to announce that the 3rd DivIDE Conference will take place from 22–25 September 2025 with a fantastic lineup of speakers. Registration opens soon - stay tuned and help us spread the word! We are looking forward to meet many of you in Barcelona! ☀️

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